Arts Midwest Invests $120,802 in Michigan
For more than 25 years, Arts Midwest has been astrong partner with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. Together, we have provided enriching culture opportunities to Michigan artists, arts organizations, and audiences—fostering and sustaining vibrant, diverse communities throughout Michigan. Economically, we serve to leverage Michigan public funds to generate more private investment while providing broad public access to arts and cultural activities.
In FY13, Arts Midwest is reporting a 186% return on investment to the state of Michigan for services in the 2012–2013 programming cycle. Through our performing, visual, and literary arts and leadership development programs, we have leveraged $65,000 in state dues to provide $120,802 in services.
We are thrilled to report that these programs and services reached urban and rural communities across the state.
Learn more by visiting www.artsmidwest.org.
Service at a Glance
■ Arts Midwest Touring Fund: awarded $48,202 to 21 performing arts organizations, and supported the touring of two Michigan ensembles, which earned $22,600 for their work
■ Arts Midwest World Fest: $50,000 in services per year for two years of artist residencies in Saugatuck ■ Arts Midwest Conference: provided business, learning, and networking opportunities to 94 individuals
from 52 Michigan organizations in 2012
■ The Big Read: supported two innovative reading engagements
■ The Sum of Many Parts: featuring the work of Michigan quiltmakers Carole Harris and Beth Donaldson in an exhibition touring across China
■ Leadership: continued professional development and networking opportunities for state arts agency staff and leaders
Arts Midwest Touring Fund encourages performing arts touring by providing financial support to arts presenting organizations in the Midwest.
Arts Midwest Touring Fund provides fee support up to $4,000 to performing arts organizations to bring dance, theater, and music to audiences across Arts Midwest’s region. Each engagement includes in-depth educational activities and public performances, and aims to reach underserved audiences.
Through the FY13 Arts Midwest Touring Fund cycle (2012–2013 performance season), Arts Midwest awarded $48,202 to 21 performing arts organizations in Michigan. These activities included 27 public performances and 66 community and educational events.
Arts Midwest Touring Fund
The Touring Fund also supported two projects featuring two Michigan ensembles touring to other Midwestern states during 2012–2013. In total, the artists earned $22,600 by participating in Arts Midwest programming.
Grantee City Artist Grant
Academy for the Study and Performance of
Early Music Ann Arbor The Newberry Consort $1,600
Bay View Music Festival Petoskey Chapter 6 $1,200
Calumet Theatre Company Calumet Peter Yarrow $1,300
Chamber Music Society of Detroit Farmington Hills American String Quartet $4,000 Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern
Michigan College Traverse City Golden Dragon Acrobats $1,500
Flint Cultural Center's The Whiting
Auditorium Flint American Place Theatre $3,737
Fontana Chamber Arts Kalamazoo Ben Allison Band $1,500
Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen Nathan Gunn $1,960
Ironwood Theatre Ironwood Big Top Chautauqua's Blue Canvas Orchestra $1,160 Irving S Gilmore International Keyboard
Festival Kalamazoo Garrick Ohlsson $4,000
Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts at
Kirtland Community College Roscommon Portland Taiko $2,920
Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Clinton Township Luna Negra Dance Theater $1,000
Michigan Festival of Sacred Music Kalamazoo Abraham Jam $1,625
Michigan Opera Theatre Detroit BalletMet Columbus $4,000
Midland Center for the Arts Midland Jennifer Stumm $900
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts Detroit The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi $2,600 Porcupine Mountains Music Festival Ontonagon Fred Eaglesmith's Traveling Steam Show $1,300 Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at
Michigan Technological University Houghton
The Royal Drummers and Dancers of
Burundi $2,600
Tuba Bach Chamber Music Festival Big Rapids Harlem Quartet $1,700 University Musical Society Ann Arbor Ragamala Dance Theatre $4,000 Wharton Center for Performing Arts at
Arts Midwest World Fest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with global performers.
Arts Midwest World Fest’s mission is to instill appreciation for diversity and acceptance of other cultures. Over a two-year cycle, four global musical ensembles conduct week-long residencies in Midwestern communities. Residencies include public concerts, K-12 school
workshops, and community outreach activities such as family and senior citizen workshops and master classes. The program is committed to reaching communities that lack access to high-quality international arts and education programming. Arts Midwest invests approximately $100,000 to bring this program to Michigan for the two-year cycle, and local communities are only responsible for school busing, hall rental, and hospitality costs.
The 2011–2013 Arts Midwest World Fest cycle featured Yamma Ensemble (Israel), Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance (People’s Republic of China), Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers (Pakistan), and
Cudamani (Indonesia).
The fall 2011 tour featured Yamma ensemble. During their week-long stay in Saugatuck, the artists conducted nine educational and performance events, reached more than 1,900 residents, including more than 1,600 youth.
Arts Midwest World Fest
Location City Description Youth Adults
Black River School Holland Workshop for 6th-12th grade orchestra students 45 5 Freedom Village Holland Presentation for senior citizens 0 40 Baseline Middle School South Haven Workshop/presentation for 6th-8th graders 400 10 LC Mohr High School South Haven Workshop/presentation for 9th-12th graders 400 15 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public reception 5 20 West Ottawa - Harbor Lights
Middle School Holland
Workshop/presentation for 6th - 8th
graders 600 20
Holland Christian Middle School Holland Workshop/presentation for 6th - 8th graders 150 6 Holland Boys & Girls Club Holland Workshop/presentation for 3rd - 7th graders 70 6 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public concert 21 140
“The Yamma Ensemble showed students, educators, music lovers, retirees, arts volunteers, senior citizens and so many people in the West Michigan community that there is more to Israel than many people thought. Yamma's performance helped break stereotypical perceptions of Middle Eastern music …” -Ellen Engle Saugatuck Center for the Arts
The spring 2012 tour featured Tarim: Uygur Song and Dance. During their residency, the artists conducted 10 educational and performance events and reached more than 1,580 residents, including more than 1,280 youth.
Location City Description Youth Adults
Glenn Public Schools Glenn Workshop with K-6th graders 40 12 Saugatuck Public Schools Saugatuck Workshop with middle and high school students 300 14 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Welcome Ceremony 2 41 West Ottawa Harbor Lights Middle
School Holland Workshop for 6th and 7th graders 178 8
West Ottawa Harbor Lights Middle
School Holland Workshop for 7th and 8th graders 214 13
Zeeland Christian Middle School Zeeland Workshop for 6th and 8th graders 194 10 Fennville High School Fennville Workshop for 9th-12th graders 326 17 Hope College Holland Presentation and workshop for college students 42 Freedom Village Holland Presentation for senior citizens 67 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public Concert 29 79
Location City Description Youth Adults
Glenn Public School Glenn Workshop for school children age K-6 40 8 Zeeland Christian School Zeeland Workshop for 6th-8th grade students 200 20 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Welcome reception for performers 30 Grand Valley State University
Eberhard Center Grand Rapids Opening performance for Interfaith dialogue conference 300 Frauenthal Center for Performing
Arts Muskegon Workshop for Middle-High School Students 1400 60 Martha Miller Center at Hope
College Holland Workshop for International Studies and Language undergraduates 68 Douglas Elementary School Douglas Workshop for K-5th Grade Students 375 30 Grand Valley State University Allendale Two workshops for College Students 125 Calvin College Spoelhof Center Grand Rapids Workshop for World Religion College Students 55 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public Performance 13 75
The fall 2012 tour featured Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers. During their tour, the artists conducted 10 educational and performance events and reached more than 2,790 residents, including 2,020 youth.
Since the program’s inception in 2003, we have brought 20 engaging international ensembles to five
communities across Michigan: Muskegon, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Marquette, and Saugatuck. Learn more at www.artsmidwesworldfest.org.
The spring 2013 tour featured Çudamani. This residency included eight educational and performance events and reached more than 1,270 residents, including more than 900 youth.
Location City Description Youth Adults
Glenn Public School South Haven Charter
Township Presentation for elementary school children 40 10 Zeeland Christian Middle School Zeeland Presentation for middle school children grades 6-8. 200 23 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Welcome presentation with local mayors 16 Hope College Holland Presentation to Local College Students 67 Freedom Village Holland Presentation to retirees and senior citizens 52 Saugatuck Middle/High School Saugatuck Presentation to Middle School students 300 31 Douglas Elementary School Douglas Presentation for elementary school children 350 59 Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck Public Performance 20 104
The preeminent annual booking and education conference for the Midwest performing arts industry. The only meeting of its kind in the Midwest, our Conference attracts top presenters from
across the United States and around the world. The goals of the Arts Midwest
Conference are to connect arts administrators, foster and sustain the dynamic performing arts industry, and promote the vibrant local arts scene in the Conference city.
In 2012, 905 arts professionals convened in Grand Rapids, Michigan from September 12 –15 to network, conduct business, engage in in-depth professional development
sessions, experience live performance showcases, and gain new insights into the world of performing arts touring and presenting. Representatives from Michigan included 94 individuals from 52 different arts organizations.
Arts Midwest was thrilled to hold the Conference in Michigan, which allowed us to reach 221% more of the state’s arts organizations than last year. The support of the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and other local arts organizations was integral to the success of the event. We estimated the Conference to have an economic impact of $1,436,400 in the Grand Rapids area.
The 2013 Arts Midwest Conference will take place September 9–12 in Austin, Texas
and we expect to serve a broad sector of Michigan artists, presenters, and arts organizations at the event.
Arts Midwest Conference
2012 Attendees City
Adena Productions Grand Haven
Alma Artist Booking & Management New Boston
Andrews University Berrien Springs
Ann Arbor Summer Festival Ann Arbor
Arts Council of White Lake Montague
Center Stage Artists Ann Arbor
Charlotte Performing Arts Center Charlotte
Crooked Tree Arts Center Petoskey
Dennos Museum Center Traverse City
Detroit Opera House Detroit
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Detroit
Education for the Arts Portage
EGRHS Performing Arts Center Grand Rapids
Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Rochester
Flamenco Vivo performs at the 2012 Conference. Photo by Joshua Feist.
Fontana Chamber Arts Kalamazoo Frauehthal Center for the Performing Art Muskegon
Giant Leprechaun Productions Muir
Grand Rapids Ballet Company Grand Rapids
Hope College Holland
Interlochen Center for the Arts Interlochen
Ironwood Theatre Inc Ironwood
Jackson Community College Jackson
Joannah Lodico Midland
Kirtland Center for the Performing Arts Roscommon
Lake Michigan College Benton Harbor
Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Lansing Michigan Economic Development Corporation Lansing Michigan Festivals & Events Association Chesaning
Michigan Humanities Council Lansing
Midland Center for the Arts Midland
Miller Auditorium Kalamazoo
MP Talent Management Group, LLC Grand Rapids
Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts Detroit
Rhonda Larson Plainwell
River Raisin Centre for the Arts Monroe
Saugatuck Center for the Arts Saugatuck
Smokin' Sleddog Records Dewitt
St. Cecilia Music Center Grand Rapids
Susan Picking Grand Rapids
Temple Theatre Saginaw
TG2 - Mike Green Artists Ann Arbor
The Acorn Theater Three Oaks
The Berman Center for the Performing Arts Waterford
The Kresge Foundation Troy
NEA Big Read
The Big Read is a literary initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.
Through this program, we bring partners across the country together to encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment. We were thrilled to present Otsego County Library in Gaylord and Cromaine District Library in Hartland with grants for the 2012–2013 Big Read cycle.
Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. Coldwater
University Musical Society Ann Arbor
University of Michigan - Flint Flint
Van Singel Fine Arts Center Byron Center
Wellspring / Cori Terry & Dancers Kalamazoo Wharton Center for Performing Arts East Lansing
Wheatland Music Org Remus
The Sum of Many Parts:
25 Quiltmakers from 21
st
-Century America
An exhibition of American quilts commissioned by the U.S. Embassy-Beijing, touring through China in 2012–2014
Quiltmaking has always been an important tradition in America, and the many styles of American quilts reflect the diversity of the United States itself. The Sum of Many Parts features 25 contemporary quilters from the Midwest, the South, and Hawaii. Touring across China from 2012–2014, this exhibition highlights a range of quilting styles and techniques while providing an opportunity for Chinese audiences to connect with American culture through our shared love of textile arts. Michigan is represented in the exhibition by Carole Harris, of Detroit, and Beth Donaldson, of East Lansing, whose works, Blues in the Night, and The Red One, My Charm Quilt, respectively, are currently on tour.
Blues in the Night, by Carole Harris. Photo by Mike Jensen.
The Red One, My Charm Quilt, by Beth Donaldson Photo by Mike Jensen.
Leadership
Twice annually, Arts Midwest convenes a summit of the state arts agency executive directors representing Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Through this effort, John Bracey, the executive director of the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, participates in leadership development and knowledge sharing with key professionals in the public art sector.
Michigan continues to be strongly represented on Arts Midwest’s Board of Directors and governance committees through John Bracey from Lansing and Ken Fischer from Ann Arbor.
